Education
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There is one issue on which teachers unions and conservative reformers agree
While disagreeing on most else, teacher unions and conservative education policy reformers share views on cellphone bans, AI guardrails in K-12 public schools.
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Florida Board of Education approves policy barring students non-citizens from colleges
None of the board members questioned or debated the policy.
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Pennsylvania teachers' pension fund has $41B shortfall, cites private equity as biggest drag
Public school worker pension fund last year missed the investment benchmark that officials set.
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Political science professor blames civic knowledge decline on failures in U.S. education
Most Americans today can’t name all five freedoms within the First Amendment, according to a survey released in September 2025.
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Supreme Court confirms Title IX doesn't require boys be allowed in girls' sports
Some governments and courts have interpreted SCOTUS protections for transgender workers to mean girls' sports are open to gender-confused males, but this is a "very different statutory and factual context," girls' basketball coach Justice Kavanaugh writes.
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Education Department cuts loan eligibility for college degree programs yielding 'low-earning' jobs
Federal agency made the decision despite opposition in drafting process this spring from supporters of the arts, religious studies programs
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Texas board votes to require Bible stories in public school curricula
Specifically, the plan features a required reading list from elementary school to high school level and features chapters of the Bible.
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Nation's Report Card shows further decline in literacy, GOP Rep Owens says system 'failing' students
Owens, a Utah GOP congressmen, is a member of the House Education committee and is a strong advocate for school choice.
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Texas measure will make Biblical stories required reading in K-12 curriculum
Among the titles on the required reading would be an illustrated adaptation of the David and Goliath story for elementary students and Bible passages about Adam and Eve from the Book of Genesis for students in junior high and high school.
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Report says more U.S. families are saving for college
The report, "How America Plans for College 2026," found 95% of high school students plan to pursue some form of education after graduation. Of those students, 62% plan to attend a two- or four-year college.
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Indiana University ends employment of professor who taught that MAGA is covert white supremacy
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a free-speech group, is advocating on Adams' behalf through its fund that provides external legal representation to faculty to help them engage with their institutions' disciplinary or appeals processes.
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Taxpayers stuck paying off student loans for nonprofits’ employees: ‘It’s about who you work for’
Employees at any organization designated as a tax-exempt nonprofit is eligible for a federal student loan forgiveness program, even organizations who are avowedly anti-American.
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Joint HHS, Education Department effort for students with disabilities sparks teachers union backlash
The agreement elicited rainstorm of criticism from teachers unions, others.